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How Long Will the Iran War Waged by the US and Zionist Israel Last?

| | Source: REPUBLIKA Translated from Indonesian | Politics
How Long Will the Iran War Waged by the US and Zionist Israel Last?
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There are conflicting signals from the leaders of the United States, Israel, and Iran regarding the duration of the war. United States President Donald Trump, at first, said the military operation would achieve its objective within two or three days, then after the first day of the war he said he wanted to speak with the new Iranian leaders, and later announced that the war might last four weeks due to the vast expanse of Iran. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not engage in a prolonged war, but he would not halt the fighting until the existential threat from Iran to his country had ended. However, he did not specify a timeframe. In contrast, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said his country was open to de-escalation and indicated that a halt to military attacks on Iran would be met with retaliatory strikes from Iran. Thereafter, Iran’s Secretary of the National Security Council Ali Larijani announced that Iran would not negotiate. We cannot fully trust statements by political leaders since their aim may be not to seek truth but to be used in the ongoing conflict. Trump’s statements about shortening the duration of the war may be aimed at an American public fearful of a long war like Afghanistan and Iraq. Or perhaps his statements about prolonging the war are a signal to Iran that the United States has sufficient capacity to continue the war, and that the United States is not hurried, nor influenced by domestic political pressure or financial and military resources. Israeli and Iranian leaders do not differ in exploiting statements about the duration of the war for similar considerations, although they appear to avoid giving a specific timeframe, unlike Trump.

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